Bed spring and mattress construction



Sept. l2, 1933. F. RIEMER r-:r AL

BED SPRING AND MATTRESS CONSTRUCTION Filed Aug. 16

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Gerald Bu Patented ASept. 12, 1933 ED SPRING AND MTTRESS CONSTRUCTION Frank Riemer and Gerald Terence Dobie,

Chicago, Ill., assignors, by mesne assignments,

kto Burton-Dixie Corporation, Chicago, Il1.,'a I i Y corporation of Delaware Applicationl August 16,1930. serial iyogivssz jz claims. (ci. 5 3515 Our invention relates to spring-mattresses, bedsprings, cushions, etc., and concerns more parf ticularly the attachment ofthe fabric-covers thereon so that-they may at all times present af 5 pleasing and attractive appearance.

While the invention is not limited or restricted to such specified employment, it is of distinct advantage when usedn in association with such y coverings having padded sides or boxings, in that maintain their agreeableandprepossessing form and fashion. i

To enable those acquainted with` this art to understand the invention fully, bothfrom structural and functional standpoints, in the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specifi- CTI cation, a present, preferredembodiment of theV invention has been illustrated in detail, and, for

simplicity, like reference numerals have been employed throughout the views todesignate the same parts. f

Figure 1 isa fragmentary, verticalA section,

through a corner portion of a padded spring-mat- 25 tress on line 1-7-1 of Figure 2: and

Figure 2 is a horizontal section on line 2 2 ofVv includes a large number of erect or verticallydisposed, hour-glass spiral-springs'lZ, 12, the top and bottom end-coils of which are jointedtogether by any appropriate style of connecting means 13, 13, such spring-assembly Aaround its upper and lower margins or edges having border- 40 wiresrli, 14, connected in any convenient way` to the top and bottom convolutions of the marginal springs.

Spring structures of this -character and employed for this purpose are all known in the art andthe one shown in theV drawing is presented merely asan example, the invention, and the advantages accruing from its employment, not being conned to any particular form or style of springassembly but relating more especially to the fabric-cover about to be described and its manner of attachment to or association with such spring construction. l n

Such cover comprises a padded top 15 and a similar bottom 16 with suitable, resilient filling 17 between outer and inner fabric sheets 18 and 19 it retains suchboxing or sides ina condition to K and a quilted or tufted side or boxing extended l all of theway around the structure and composed of outer and inner fabrics 22 and 23, in-

tervening filling or padding 24, quilting or tufting stitching or ties 25,25, and roll-edges 26, 26.

In order to attach such cover to the spring-assembly to :hold vits sides Yor vbOXingfprOperIy stretched lengthwise to prevent saggingor other unsightly characteristics, .andfto keeprthe edges of the coverin correct'register with 'the edges of 55. the spring structure, ateach corner, just inside of and overlapping the inner fabric19, a substantially triangular shaped piece of lfabric 2'7 is fastened, as by stitching, along its .two `,edges 28 and V29 to the cover, thus forming between itself and the adjacent fabric, 19 a three-sided' pocket open along one diagonal edge 31.

each three-sided pocket fabric member 27 arel stitched yto the innerside of the top fabric 18 5.' and also tothe inner fabric 23 of the side boxing and it is not ordinarily fastened to the fabric( 19, the securing to the cloth 23, however, Vbeing capable of omission in some instances and in other cases it may be desirable to stitch to the fabric 23 and not secure to the fabric 18. y

In applying the cover to the spring-assembly, itis `temporarily pulled or stretched sufficiently to fit the top or bottom coil, as the case may be, of the corresponding corner-spring 12, and the part of the border-wire thereat, into such pocket, Y sothat thereafter'such pocketed parts of the spring-assembly hold the cover properly taut lengthwise the boxing, both longitudinally and transversely of the' structure, to preclude the -f presence of wrinkles, undue fullness, etc. and to assure correct alignment or register of the edges of the cover andjspring-assembly.

Thus the cover is securely and fltly held in placeV by means simple in construction and provided at relatively small cost, since it has been found that it is necessary and desirable to employ such pockets at the corners only, thus allowing ythe full lengths of the four-parts of the boxing, along the sides and ends of the structure, to be made 1,00 sufliciently tense and strained to accomplish the `desired result.

A Where the padded boxing extends around the corners, there is the tendency for the pufliness or fullness 0f the Quilting t0 be flattened out, thus 21.1.95 I K losing in a measure the pleased appearance which the quilting or tacking is intended to give;

To overcome this undesirable propensity, upright, narrow, spaced tucksv 127 aretaken in the inner fabric 23 around its corner portions, such '11.1.0'

In the presentinstancethe two margins of tucks constitutingreenforcing orfstiffening ribs which absorb the fabric fullness andWhich aid in maintaining the quilted or tacked, padded boxing in proper puffed condition, and, in some instances, such tucks 128, preferably.V spaced rapart farther, are used along the sides' or'ends of the structure for a comparable purpose.

With this improved construction, the corner pockets and ribs co-operate in effective manner to keep the cover in proper place onthe springassembly'and to preserve its pleasing format all times. y i

Although we vhave illustrated and .described n our invention as exemplified in a-sprng-rnattress `over for use With either-sidel up, it is tobej borne the top and bottom of which are alike,rendering the structure subject to easy reversal 'or turning in mind' that .the invention isv equally applicable for satisfactory and eicientemploymentrin `bed-` the combination of a spring-assembly, and a` I Y fabric-covertherefor having a top anda padded boxing for the sides and ends thereof, said boxing comprising` an outer fabric, an inner fabric,

padding between vsaidzfabrios, and means securing said fabrics together at intervals through said padding, said inner fabric'beingprovided with spaced upright fabric-absorbing.stiffening tucks therein at the corners of the structure 'to maintain the puifed appearance of theouter'fabric at the corners.

2. vIn a structure of the character described,

the combination of a spring-assembly having upright-spiral-springs, and a cover for at least the top, sides and ends of said assembly having a top and a boxing for such sides and ends and substantially' triangularashaped pieces of fabric beneath'said top at the insides of the corners of the cover, each with ytwo edges attached to thek cover and the other edge free to provide arpocket accommodating the top coil ofthe correspondingcorn'ersprng; said side andend boxing comprising an outer fabric, an inner fabric, padding between'said fabrics, and Ameans securing said fabrics togetlierat intervals through said pradding, said inner fabric 'having spaced upright fabric-absorbing stiiening tucks therein at Ythe corners of the structure to maintain thepuifed appearanceI of `the-outer fabric of such boxing at fthefcornersof the structure.

FRANK-REMISE. GERALD TERENCE DOBIE. 

